Bracelet.



J. 1. SCHOENINGER.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, I917.

L mfi flu v Patented July 3, 1917,

JOHN JAKOB SCHOENINGER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRACELET.

taste/or.

Application filed January 22, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J orm J. Sorronnmenn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to means for detachably securing together the articulated wings or sections of a bracelet. The invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement of parts shown and described-- distinctive features being the formation of the bracelet with a major tubular section or wing housing the latch mechanism, and a minor section or wing of filigree work; the form of latch; and the use of a relatively long latch spring, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a front edge view of my improved bracelet;

Fig. 2, is a side View thereof;

Fig. 3, is a sectional View upon an enlarged scale showing the internal construction of the major wing or section, with the latch open and the minor wing or section released therefi'om;

Fig. 4, is a sectional detail showing the latch closed;

Fig. 5, is a similar view showing a modification.

The major wing or section M, of the bracelet is of tubular form and preferably although not necessarily of circular form in cross section, and is approximately three times as long as the minor wing or section N, which is articularly connected to one end of said major section M, by any suitable mechanical expedient, as by the pintle p.

The minor section N, is formed, by preference, of open filigree work of any desired design or configuration, and is the ornate part of the bracelet, while the major section M, aifords the requisite'strength as well as a housing for the latch C, and its adjunct, the spring S, the main function of which is to tend constantly to thrust said latch outward through the open end m, of the said major section M.

The latch member C, consists essentially of a single piece of elastic resilient metal bent over upon itself to form the coupling arm 0, having the hook c, and the locking arm c provided with the nail stud tor Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 111.917..

Serial No.143,558.

shoulder 0 adapted to protrude through the hole m, formed for it in the major section M, adjacent to the open end m, thereof, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and The resiliency of the latch G, and particularly of its loop portion 0 holds it in this locked position, while admitting of the depression of said nail stud c, sufliciently to allow the spring S to force the latch member C, outward until said nail stud 0 contacts with a shoulder m formed for the purpose at the open end m, of the major member M.

The coiled spring S, at its inner end 8, rests against a shoulder m within the major member M, and this shoulder m may consist of the inner extremity of the knuckle piece m through which the pintle 37, passes, or of a separate rest piece or bearing situated eleswhere in the tube M. I prefer to use (though not necessarily) a spring occupying substantially the full length of the tube as shown in Fig. 3, because the action of such a long spring is less abrupt and violent than would be that of a shorter spring, which would have to be stiffer in proportion to its length, or rather lack of length. The long spring also affords less initial resistance to the pushing in of the latch member C, when it is desired to bring the nail stud 0 into coincidence with its socket m.

The loop 0 of the latch member C, may simply rest against the outer end of the spring S, as shown in Fig. 5, in which case the shoulder m is relied upon to prevent the escape of said latch member G, or the latter may be positively attached to the spring S, by a link 8, as indicated in Figs. 3, and a.

The minor section N, is formed with a free end loop or cross bar a, for engagement with the hook c; and the latter is of sufficient length to act as a nail contact 0 by means of which the latch member C, may be forced back against the resistance of the spring S, until its stud is in coincidence with the hole m.

This combination of major tubular section M, and minor filigree section N, affords a novel and unique structural efiect susceptible of artistic treatment; while the latch member C, and maximum length of spring S, insure ease of connection or release with the avoidance of objectional snap or resist-.

ance.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A bracelet comprising a major tubular section, a minor section pivotally connected thereto at one end, a spring Within the major section, a latch member bearing against and forced outward by said spring at the other end of the major section and comprising a resilient portion with an outwardly extended projection for cooperation With an opening in the major section, the other end of said latch member protruding through the adjacent end of the major section for cooperation with the minor section, the latch end of the major section having an interior shoulder for cooperation with the projection on the latch member.

2. A bracelet comprising a major tubular section, a minor section pivotally connected thereto at one end, a spring Within the major section, a latch member bearing against and forced outward by saidspring at the other end of the major section and comprising a resilient portion with an outwardly extended projection for cooperation With an opening in the major section, the other end of said latch member protruding through the adjacent end of the major section for c06poration with the minor section, the latch end of the major section having an interior shoulder for cooperation With the projection on the latch member, the free. end of the minor section having an openingtherethrough and the free end of the latch member having an angular terminal for cooperation therewith.

JOHN JAKOB SOHOENINGER. VVitnesses-z KATHARINA SGHOENINGER,

G120. WM. MIATT.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0-. 

